Stern family archives

Collection description

Scope and content:: This fonds contains documents related to the Stern family, including identity cards, diplomas, registration certificates for the Registre du Commerce, a copy of a naturalisation act, as well as correspondence.

Archival history:: The fonds was donated by Myriam Stern, the daughter of Nathan Stern, and by his nephew Marius Craczyk in 2008.

Administrative/biographical history:: Jakob Eliezer Sztern (1892-1943) and Ida Erlich (1896-1962) married in 1913. They migrated to Belgium in 1919 and had three children: Liba (1921-1943), Nathan (alias Billy) (1923-2007) and Willy (1927-1944). Jakob Eliezer Sztern is the brother of painter Arno Stern. (Interview of Anne Cherton (MJB) with M. Stern, 2008; B. Dickschen & Z. Seewald, Arno Stern. 1888-1949. De Lodz à Bruxelles. Itinéraire d’un peintre juif, Bruxelles, FMC et MJB, 2009.)

Subject terms:: Art; Art--Artists; Citizenship; Correspondence; Migration; Migration--Immigration; Personal records; Trade and commerce; Vital records

Access, restrictions:: Access requires the authorisation of the archivist of the Jewish Museum of Belgium and of the donor, Myriam Stern.